Ellsworth
Americannoun
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Lincoln, 1880–1951, U.S. polar explorer.
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Oliver, 1745–1807, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1796–1800.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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The couple went on to amass more than 2,000 artworks, including pieces by Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
Elmer Ellsworth, the first Union soldier to die in the Civil War, than for his sons.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024
By 1982, Gagosian was dealing works by Sol LeWitt and Ellsworth Kelly, but his first Basquiat show, “really put the gallery on the map.”
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024
Thomas warned Ellsworth that her client, the maker of mifepristone, lacked a “safe harbor” from prosecution over Comstock.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2024
“It was questioned by many if the loss of Mr. Root was not irreparable,” wrote James Ellsworth in a letter to Burnham’s biographer, Charles Moore.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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